Conway, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67460. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1891 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Conway quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Conway between 2016 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 132 |
| 4 July 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 103 |
| 28 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 28 |
| 22 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 119 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conway in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2007: 8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484354. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





